The year 1980 was more than a calendar-turning moment. It heralded a swath of new beginnings, abrupt endings, historic turns and subtle shifts. Surveying it all, our list of the Top 40 Rock Albums ...

Like “Funkytown,” a hit song in the early 1980s was bound to be influenced at least a little bit by the echoes of disco.

never really hit the charts, but it was, and still is, all over the garage rock fans’ playlists of all time, that is. How do you turn the musical wallpaper of most of the 1980s new age music ...